By monitoring and calling out media sexism, launching petitions, inviting watch-ins, organizing tweet ups, and other activist campaigns, we are holding media accountable for an equal voice and equal participation.
Misogynistic Ads and the Oxygen of Publicity
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Retro-sexist advertising may be presented as ironic, but it features the same, familiar images feminists rallied against decades ago, argues the author. What to do? More »
CBS New York Uses Baseless Survey to Claim Women Would Choose Bigger Boobs Over Brains
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How did a bogus survey from a dubious website earn not only a mention in the New York Post but a feature on a New York local news broadcast? Through sexism, that's how. More »
Trayvon Martin Case: Do We Communicate More, Listen Less?
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Multimedia journalist Mary C. Curtis, among the first to write and speak about Trayvon Martin in the national media, draws lessons from the weaknesses and strengths of traditional and new media in covering the case. More »
Limbaugh’s Half-Hearted Apology Isn’t Enough
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Rush Limbaugh's half-hearted apology doesn't fix is misogyny. More »
Oscar and the Usual Suspects
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Women's absence from Best Director nominees only reflects the industry's dismal hiring statistics, as demonstrated in the author's annual Celluloid Ceiling study. More »
Electoral Advertising is a Women’s Media Policy Nightmare
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The author, who directs Media Equity Collaborative, demonstrates why super PACs and the corporations controlling the airways pose a threat to fair media treatment for women. More »
Media Heroes Recognized
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To help envision a more equitable landscape, last week the WMC 2011 Women's Media Awards celebrated today's powerful and visible women in media. More »
